Shakespeare

Subtitled, "The World As Stage". Bill Bryson turns his attention to the Elizabethan playwright as part of the "Eminent Lives" series, which aims to pair great subjects with renowned writers. "A Short History of Nearly Everything" has sold almost 1.2 million copies and "Notes From A Small Island" 800,000. 'Measured, sensible and, at times, as wryly humorous as you'd expect' "Times"